What keeps an observer engaged in a story is the dramatic question and the tension that's created by the conflict between the question and the resolution.
To keep the SUSPENSE in your story:
Tell the story first, and embed the dramatic question later on or at the end.Embedded in the story is a dramatic question or lesson learned that you and your audience can identify with.
What is this movie about?
Will there be a solution to the question?
Hiding the question or lesson learned until later in the movie draws peoples attention.
Tension is created by the way you go about answering your dramatic question or explaining the lesson learned.
This applies to your presentation of science, social studies, math etc.Once you've presented the lesson learned or answered the dramatic question, the story is finished
Video Sample:
Watch for the dramatic question and lesson learned in the Cost of Chocolate example created by Mabry Middle School..
Is the question resolved?
Does it leave you with things to think about?
Have you learned something?
Notice the limited use of words, the use of music, and pictures to tell the story.
Table of Contents - Digital Storytelling
1. Point of View2. Dramatic Question
3. Emotional Content
4. Gift of your voice
5. Background Soundtrack
6. Economy
7. Pacing
-Lesson learned
What keeps an observer engaged in a story is the dramatic question and the tension that's created by the conflict between the question and the resolution.
To keep the SUSPENSE in your story:
Watch for the dramatic question and lesson learned in the Cost of Chocolate example created by Mabry Middle School..
Notice the limited use of words, the use of music, and pictures to tell the story.
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